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By Jayde Fagan
Collection Overview
Title: James Tolkan collection, 1951-2012![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/default/images/addtocart.gif)
Primary Creator: James Tolkan collection, 1951-2012
Extent: 0.0
Arrangement: Box 1 contains scripts, primarily from plays that Tolkan was in. Box 2 contains scripts, photos, and newspaper clippings, most of which are from Tolkan's plays like The Best Man (1961). Box 3 contains VHS tapes and a DVD from 2012.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
James Tolkan (June 20, 1931- ) is an American actor who starred in roles such as the Back to the Future Trilogy (1985-1991), Top Gun (1986), and TV shows such as Cobra (1993-94) and Nero Wolfe (2001-02).
Biographical Note
Born June 20, 1931, James Tolkan was a well known character actor. Began studying acting in New York after serving one year in the U.S. Navy. Tolkan began acting in the late 1960s and continued to act in films as of 2021. He also acted in several stage productions.
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- Box 1
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- Folder 1: Prince of the City final draft script January 1980 and Screen Actors Guild correspondence February 7, 1980
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- Folder 2: The Big Knife by Clifford Odets script play directed by Peter Bogdanovich, The New York Times the Big Knife newspaper clipping November 8, 1959; New York Herald Tribune the Big Knife newspaper clipping November 13, 1959
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- Folder 3: Wait Until Dark a new play by Frederick Knott script second draft James Tolkan as Harry Roat 1966
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- Folder 4: The Affair a play by Ronald Millar based on the novel by C.P. Snow script; Minnesota Theatre Company Foundation correspondence October 26, 1962; correspondence Screen Actors Guild accounting division Nov. 1, 1962; Hayes Registry, Inc. correspondence Nov. 1, 1962
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- Folder 5: Fire Up! For a Top Gun Party meet Top Gun's James Tolkan flyer
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- Folder 6: The Cannibals script by George Tabori 1967 the American Place Theatre and 1972 photo
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- Folder 7: Lincoln Center Theater "Clara" by Arthur Miller script, notes, and newspaper clippings 1987
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- Folder 8: "Paradox" Back to the Future Part II script revisions 1988-89, 2 Back to the Future photos and an autographed photo of James Tolkan
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- Folder 9: Wings script by Arthur Kopit
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- Folder 10: The Threepenny Opera ("Die Dreigroschenoper") script music by Kurt Weill English Adaptation by Marc Blitzstein
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- Folder 11: The Silent Partner script by Clifford Odets
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- Folder 12: Saturday Sunday Monday script by Eduardo de Filippo James Tolkan as Peppino 1976 and newspaper clipping titled A Warm, Mediterranean Romp at Arena December 2, 1976
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- Folder 13: The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel by David W. Rabe script and Actors' Equity Association Minimum Contract for Off-Broadway Productions June 15, 1971
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- Folder 14: Glengarry Glen Ross a play by David Mamet script 1982 and newspaper clippings, photo, and correspondence about the play 1984
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- Folder 15: Phil Spector a screenplay by David Mamet script June 22, 2011
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- Folder 16: The Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht adapted for the stage by J. Ranelli script Pittsburgh Public Theater 1980
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- Folder 17: Billards Digest March 2000
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- Folder 18: Golda A Play in Two Acts by William Gibson
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- Box 2
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- Folder 1: The Three Sisters script 1963-64 English version by Randall Jarrell
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- Folder 2: The Best Man by Gore Vidal script James Tolkan playing Arthur Hockstader, photo of Frank Lovejoy, brochure for The Best Man Memorial Auditorium Louisville December 28-30, 1961
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- Folder 3: Photo of James Tolkan, Frank Lovejoy, and unidentified man
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- Folder 4: Between Two Thieves script a new play from Diego Fabbri's Processo A Gesu by Warner LeRoy 1960
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- Folder 5: Blues for Mr. Charlie by James Baldwin final script 1964
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- Folder 6: Then You Die script written by James Tolkan 1989
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- Folder 7: The Front Page A Play in Three Acts by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur copyright 1955
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- Folder 8: Narrow Road to the Deep North a play by Edward Bond copyright 1968
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- Folder 9: Nero Wolfe season 2 "The Good Witness" staff and crew list, confidential cast list September-October 2001, floor plans, actor breakdown, voice over scenes, pull out script
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- Folder 10: Photo of James Tolkan "The Hat Squad" Vancouver, British Columbia
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- Folder 11: Photo of James Tolkan, What is an artist's life? by Stella Adler, Stella Adler Theatre Studio excerpt from "How to Sing a Song" by Yvette Guilbert
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- Folder 12: Newspaper clippings about James Tolkan when he played football at Ampitheater High School in Arizona and Eastern Arizona College, Amateur Boxing Official Program Jan. 12, 1951 which Tolkan participated in
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- Folder 13: Photos of J. Tolken 1980, photos of art in Lake Placid, drawings by Tolken, photos and newspaper clippings about objects that Tolken owned and still owns
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- Folder 14: Bender, Goldman and Helper Public Relations Marketing Communications list of Tolkan's principal stage appearances, principal film appearances, and television appearances
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- Folder 15: Breakdown by James Tolkan a synopsis about the value of note taking and note by Tolkan
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- Box 3
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- Item 1: Top Gun Fire at Will! Spectrum Holobyte videogame 1995
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- Item 2: "Cobra" "Blast From The Past" #55125 VHS
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- Item 3: Spectrum Holobyte Top Gun PC CD-Rom Demo Reel VHS
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- Item 4: Convicts on the Street One Year on Parole VHS 6/29/90
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- Item 5: "Nowhere Man" eps4314 Heart of Darkness VHS Dub (For Tim Mardiello)
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- Item 6: Beyond Betrayal movie of the week #296622 VHS parts 1 and 2
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- Item 7: Nero Wolfe II eps 201 "Death of a Doxy" parts 1 and 2 A&E version VHS
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- Item 8: Hill Street Blues 4/11/85 James Tolkan VHS
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- Item 9: Nero Wolfe II eps 204A "Poison A La Carte" A&E version VHS June 5, 2002
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- Item 10: Nero Wolfe II eps 205 "Too Many Clients" A&E version parts 1 and 2 June 11, 2002 VHS
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- Item 11: Making of Dick Tracy VHS
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- Item 12: Stephen J. Cannell prod. Cobra pilot part 1 and 2 VHS
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- Item 13: Cobra series: Hostage Hearts I'd Die for You VHS
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- Item 14: Nero Wolfe II eps208A "Cop Killer" A&E version VHS
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- Item 15: Nero Wolfe II eps 203 "The Mother Hunt" A&E version VHS
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- Item 16: Cobra Series: The Gnome Mr. Chapman, I Presume VHS
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- Item 17: Nero Wolfe II eps 207 "The Silent Speaker" A&E version VHS
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- Item 18: Stephen J. Cannell prod. Cobra "Push It" "Honeymoon Hideaway" VHS
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- Item 19: Nero Wolfe II eps 206A "Before I Die" A&E version VHS
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- Item 20: Cannell Films of Canada "Push-It" Cobra eps 55108 date: 9/17/93 VHS
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- Item 21: Nero Wolfe II eps 202A "Die Like A Dog" A&E version VHS June 11, 2002
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- Item 22: Stephen J. Cannell Prod. Cobra "Nowhere to Run" VHS
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- Item 23: Nero Wolfe II eps 202B "The Next Witness" A&E version VHS
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- Item 24: Cobra TV series: Something in the Air and Playing with Fire 1993 VHS
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- Item 25: One Actor's Odyssey James Tolkan 2012 DVD
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